A steel cutting ceremony was held at the AVIC Weihai Shipyard in China on August 25. It marks the start of the construction of the first of four 3,100-lane-metre, 1,000-passenger, 175-cabin vessels ordered by Stena, all to be delivered in 2019-2020. Stena has an option for 4 more.
During the night of August 30, ro-pax BLUE STAR PATMOS suffered grounding when approaching Ios. Blue Star Ferries reported that 205 passengers and 87 crew were on board. All have been safely brought ashore.
Golden Star Ferries will operate the SUPERFERRY out of Piraeus, to replace the BLUE STAR PATMOS on some islands.
